Which means that the USB 3.2 headers on the new motherboard were connected to USB 2.0 cables running from the front of the old case. All of the other components were brand new. Now, due to improvements in the updating software, only a power cut can render a computer useless during a BIOS update.The software can detect if the BIOS file is wrong, corrupt or there is something wrong with the flash media.įor example, I tried unsuccessfully to use an old USB flash drive (15 years old, FAT32 file system) to perform the update, using the front USB port of an ATX case of the same age. Only a power cut can render a computer useless during a BIOS update The update could fail if using the wrong or a corrupt BIOS file, a dodgy floppy disk or drive, or a power cut during the updating process. When a failed update could render your computer completely useless, requiring the motherboard to be sent to its manufacturer for repairs. The days are long gone when it was a dodgy but necessary business to use a floppy disk and drive to update/flash the BIOS of a make/model of motherboard.
